In closely contested House and Senate races, even a small shift in union votes could influence the outcome.
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Campaigning anywhere for any office at any level of government is personally burdensome.
About 1 in 3 US workers are in this predicament.
It’s difficult to manage the stressors of work if you’re struggling with your mental health. Here are some recommendations for how to seek support.
Donald Trump isn’t the first GOP president to have courted segments of the labor movement, dividing a key Democratic constituency, only to take actions that make unions weaker.
Both holidays arose at the same time, nearly 150 years ago, in the midst of an explosive labor uprising.
Pro wrestling’s failed unionization effort – and Hogan’s alleged role in undermining that campaign – is part of a broader story about the erosion of labor’s power since the 1980s.
An expert in American dialects explains how a ‘health drink’ from the early 1800s spawned so many names and variations.
It’s too reductive to simply smear scabs as sellouts. It’s important to understand why some workers might be motivated to weather scorn, rejection and even violence from their peers.
Many of the reasons for strikes now – low compensation, technological change, job insecurity and safety concerns – mirror the motives that workers had for walking off the job in decades past.
With more than 2 million migrant workers finding food processing jobs in rural America, their struggle to find adequate health care remains elusive.
A strike would shake up the auto industry, even though both the union’s ranks and the share of the US automotive market controlled by GM, Ford and Stellantis have been shrinking for decades.
If any industry is crying out for unionization, it’s this one.
Public support for unions is at a near 60-year high. Meanwhile, self-organizers at major American chains are spearheading a new movement to mobilize.
Often overlooked in the immigration debate are the contributions of migrants, such as how they helped organize workers in the 1990s.
Inspired by real events, the films tackle issues of race, gender and class in ways that will resonate with many of today’s viewers.
At the height of Reaganism, close to half of Americans believed a phrase popularized by Karl Marx actually derived from the US Constitution. It doesn’t, but scholars have traced it to the Bible.
The philosopher Simone Weil offers an illuminating perspective for our work life.
Unionization is at a record low in part thanks to the tactics these firms use on behalf of companies and other organizations.
If your job doesn’t currently involve automation or artificial intelligence in some way, it likely will soon. Computer-based worker surveillance and performance analysis will come, too.
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